Sierra Nevada Open Water 4 MS
From Openwaterpedia
The Sierra Nevada Open Water 4 MS campaign is planned and is being carried out by Richard Gardner, an American open water swimmer with multiple sclerosis in 2017-2018. The Sierra Nevada Open Water 4 MS is a series of high-altitude swims in the Eastern and Western Sierra Nevada mountains in the Western United States:
Lake Swims
- 4 miles across Shaver Lake, Western Sierra Nevada on 16 July 2017 in 2 hours at 5,500 feet in altitude
- 1.4 miles across June Lake, Eastern Sierra Nevada in October 2017 at 7,400 feet in altitude
- Lake Mary, Eastern Sierra Nevada in 2017
- Twin Lakes, Eastern Sierra Nevada in 2018
- Gull Lake, Eastern Sierra Nevada in 2018
- Lake Sabrina, Eastern Sierra Nevada in 2018
- Tenaya Lake, Eastern Sierra Nevada in 2018
- Lake Edison, 3.5 miles, Western Sierra Nevada in 2018
- Huntington Lake, 2.2 miles, Western Sierra Nevada in 2018
- Florence Lake, 2.8 miles, Western Sierra Nevada in 2018
- Bass Lake, 4.2 miles, Western Sierra Nevada in 2018
External links
- High-Altitude Open Water Swims Around The World
- Richard Gardner Swims On High To Fight MS
- Richard Gardner Completes Swim-Trifecta in Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains
- When I Swim Foundation
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- When I Swim In The Sierras
- High-Altitude Swims Around The World
